The auto industry runs fast and furious. Each year there are winners and losers.

If you are looking for a New Year's Eve game to test your friends' automotive IQ, here's an idea. Get some pencils and paper, and ask them to write down what automaker, brands and nameplates were dropped in 2011.

Give 10 points for naming the automaker correctly, eight points for naming each brand, and five points for each nameplate.